Public Comment on Referendum Resolution Scheduled for Tuesday, August 6, 2024

You are invited to join us at the upcoming Madison Common Council meeting on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, at 6:30 PM. Your public testimony as a District 1 resident is highly valued as we deliberate on a significant City budget resolution.

If adopted, the resolution would place a referendum on the November 5, 2024, general election ballot, seeking authorization to increase the state-imposed property tax levy limit by $22 million. This increase would enable the City to sustain essential services and operations.

Please consider completing the form to register to speak in person or virtually at the meeting on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. Make sure to include #68 in the agenda item field when filling out the form. For more details regarding the referendum resolution, please click here.

Alternatively, we welcome the submission of written comments on the referendum resolution by emailing allalders@cityofmadison.com, or you may register to speak at the City County Building on the day of the meeting.

The upcoming Council meeting on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, presents an important opportunity for the community to express their perspectives on a crucial City budget issue. A special virtual council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 20, 2024, to allow alders to make a final decision on the resolution. This schedule has been necessitated by the delayed availability of the final figures from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue required for the referendum resolution, which are anticipated to be ready after Thursday, August 15, 2024.

Please note that in-person or virtual public testimony on the referendum resolution will only occur at the Tuesday, August 6, 2024, meeting. However, you can submit written comments by emailing allalders@cityofmadison.com anytime between now and Tuesday, August 20, 2024.  

More information on the 2025 budget process is available on the City’s Budget Outlook page.  

• Watch Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway's presentation outlining a sustainable long-term budget plan for Madison’s budget delivered at the Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Council meeting.
• Read the Mayor’s memo to Alders.
• See answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the budget and a potential referendum.
• Check out some interesting facts and figures about Madison’s budget.